June 2012
20 posts
“There was a desert wind blowing that night. It was one of those hot dry Santa...”
– Red Wind, Raymond Chandler
elliott holt: Short Stories You Should Read →
hobartpulp:
Thoughts on this, how many have you read, etc.?
aaknopf:
elliottholt:
Listed in no particular order. I forced myself to choose only one story per writer (very difficult in some cases). There is a lot of amazing short fiction out there, but these are stories—of various styles—that have stuck with me over the years and have taught me what a story can be. I’m sure I’m forgetting...
“Years later he realized it wasn’t as much self-esteem he lacked, as esteem.”
– Magnificent Ruin
“The axe forgets; the tree remembers”
– African Proverb
